On 2018-05-08 4:36 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 11:17:30 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>>
>> Look at the south east corner of the island and you will see a lava flow
>> that took place in ~1960. That's recent. The thing is, anywhere along
>> that line appears to be vulnerable.
>
> Just to make it clear, I'm not saying that what you say isn't true - just that people don't think about where they choose to live in that way. My guess is that one day the shit is going to hit the fan i.e., the lava flows will destroy the city of Hilo - if a tsunami or hurricane doesn't get to it first. I'm guessing it's going to be sooner than later.
>
That's always the case. People build on flood plains and then complain
when they get flooded. They choose to buy a house in an airport flypath
and complain about the noise.
In this case, I would have thought that the authorities would have zoned
areas with a higher risk. But then, hindsight is 20:20!